Link Belt Machinery Co. v. Hughes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard iu that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard iu that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Appellee was the owner, on the 13th day of March, 1893, of certain premises known as the “Hughes Dock,” on the north-west corner of Thirty-fifth street and the south fork of the' south branch of the Chicago river, in the city of Chicago, and on that day leased the premises to the Standard Eggette Coal Company until April 30, 1895, for a consideration of $10,225. Of this amount, $625 was payable at the execution of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
One of the reasons urged by appellant in this cause why the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the decree of the Superior Court of Cook county should be reversed, is, that a receiver, by taking possession of leased premises, does not elect to adopt the lease of the individual, firm or corporation of which he is receiver, nor does he become bound by the terms of the lease.
There can be no denial of the proposition that a receiver has, subject to the order of the court, the right to elect whether he will perform or comply with the provisions of the lease held by the party for whom he is…
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- Express Co. v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Ellis v. Boston, Hartford & Erie RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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